Combination muff, bag, and purse.



A. S. MILLER.

COMBINATION MUFP, BAG, AND PURSE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.8, I909.

Patented Mar. 1, 1910.

ADOLPH S.

MILLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION MUFF, BAG, AND PURSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1910.

Application filed March 8, 1909. Serial No. 481,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLrrI S. MILLER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in New York, in the borough of Main hattan, county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Mutts, Bags, and Purses, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved muff, which is combined with a bagand purse, so that ladies can readily open the bag, while holding themuff, take out a handkerchief or other article contained therein, andreplace the same and close the bag, or take change or a ticket from thepurse, or carry the entire muff on one arm when the hands are requiredfor other uses; and for this purpose the invention consists of a muff inwhich a bag is arranged in the front-portion of the muff and se iaratedby a partition from the rearor muff-portion proper, the frame of the bagbeing located at the upper part of the mutt and connected by cords orchains with a purse which is covered with fur in any suitable manner.

The invention consists further of the combination with a mufi' of adetachable purse covered with fur and suspended from cords or chainsfrom the top-pant of the muff by means of sprin '-snaps as will be fullydescribed hereina ter and finally pointed out in the claim. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved combination muff, bag and purse, Fig. 2 is also aperspective view of the same, showing the bag in open position, andFigs. 3 and i are respectively a vertical transverse section on line 3,3, and a horizontal section on line 4, 4t, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures.

Referring to the drawings, a represents a muff of any approvedconstruction, style and fur. The muff a is divided by a longitudinalpartition a into a front and rearportion. In the front-portion of themuff is arranged a bag 6, while the rear-portion is used as amuff-recess for keeping the hands of the wearer warm in the usualmanner. The frame 72 of the bag is arranged at the upper part of themuff in front of the muffrecess so as to permit the convenient openingof the bag and at the same time form a shapely sightly muff. It will benoticed that the muff projects beyond the metal frame to hide the same,as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and a. Any suitable frame may be used. Thebag is intended to serve for the storage of handkerchiefs, gloves andother articles which are to be carried by the person wearing the mulf.To the main-portion of the frame I) are attached, by means ofspring-snaps I) or otherwise, cords or chains (Z which are connectedwith stationary eyes 0 on the frame, and which are attached at theiropposite ends to the frame 6 of a purse (1 which serves for receivingcoins, car-tickets and other small articles. The purse can be readilyopened so as to remove the articles contained therein. The purse iscovered with fur and preferably made in the shape of the head of ananimal, so as to impart a very ornamental appearance to the muff whenthe purse is suspended in position at the front-part of the muff, asshown in Fig. 1. WVhen the use of the hands is desired for some reasonor other, the muff can be placed on one of the arms by means of thesuspension-cords of the purse. The purse and suspension-cords may bemoved over the back-part of the Inuit when it is de sired not to exhibitthe purse-portion at the front-part of the muff, or when it is desiredto remove coins, tickets or other articles from the purse withoutdrawing attention to the same. After this is done the purse is closedand swung back over the top of the bag-frame and placed in its usualposition at the frontpart of the mull. The purse can be removed from themull' by detaching the snap-hooks and worn separately as a kind ofchatelaine, if desired. It is obvious that the muff can also be made upwithout purse or without a bag in which latter case the cords or chainsfor the purse are attached to the upper part of the muff.

The advantages of my improved mulf are that it can be used as a muff inconnection with a bag for carrying articles of various kinds, and with apurse for making change, etc. The improved mufi' furnishes in anattractive combination the use of different articles so as to increasethe usefulness of the muff.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

In combination, an outer fur covering having a top-opening andend-openings, a

central quilted partition with its upper edge secured to the rear-edgeof the top-opening, its end-edges secured to the front-edges of theend-openings and its lower edge secured to the lower part of the outercovering, a front-partition secured at its upper edge to the front-edgeof the top-opening and at its lower and end edges to the centralpartition, whereby a bag is formed, a frame secured to the edges of saidtop-opening, said outer covering rojecting above and beyond said frameto hlde the same, a rear-partition l secured at its end-edges to therear-edges of the end-openings, and folded upon itself at its upper andlower edges and secured to the central partition remote from the upperand lower edges of said central partition.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH S. MILLER. Witnesses PAUL GOEPEL, H. J. SUHRBIER.

